on Apr 6, 2017
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| Length | 91 cm, 36" | | Material | Iron | | Weight | 701 gr, 1.55 lb | Ancient Authentic Authentic Migration Period Sword, Used By Viking and Germanic Tribes
The Viking dagger was carried and used by the Saxons, Angles, Vikings and Germanic tribes
From small knives with 3-4 inch blades to actual swords with blades of 27-28 inches and always single-edged, the profile of the seax varied a great deal
A native industry producing "Germanic swords" then emerges from the 5th century, contemporary with the collapse of the Western Roman Empire
It rather establishes itself, by the 6th century, at the top of the scale of prestige associated with weapons
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